Melastomataceae Blastus multiflorus (Cogn.) Guillaumin Thai Nguyen Prov., Dong Hy Distr., Tan Long Mun., Mo Ba vill., around point 21?44′51″ N, 105?52′08″ E, 385 m a.s.l.
Occasionnally clustered in wet and rather open places of heavily logged closed evergreen broad-leaved lowland forests on shaly mountains. Undershrub, up to 2-3 m tall; flowers white. HAL 9071 22 Aug 2006 Photos: Id. by Phan Ke Loc Collectors: Phan Ke Loc, Nguyen Tien Vinh and Nguyen Sinh Khang
Collected with the financial support from NYBG, U.S.A.